About
This upright, deciduous shrub forms suckers and features large, variegated grey-green foliage accented by cream edges. In late summer and autumn, it produces rounded clusters of small, fragrant, deep pink blossoms.
About the genus
Clerodendrum encompasses a range of growth forms, including deciduous or evergreen shrubs, trees, and climbing plants. The leaves are typically simple and may emit an undesirable odor. Flowers are borne in panicles and are generally fragrant, characterized by their salver-shaped structure and noticeable stamens. After flowering, these plants produce small berries.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H4
Plant details
- Plant type
- Shrubs
- Habit
- Suckering, Bushy
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 1.5-2.5 metres
- Spread
- 1.5-2.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 2-5 years
- Suggested uses
- City and courtyard gardens, Cottage and informal garden
- Fragrance
- Flower
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil in full sun
- Pruning
- Pruning group 6
- Propagation
- Propagate by seed, by semi-hardwood cuttings in summer, or by division, removing suckers in autumn or spring
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to mealybugs, glasshouse red spider mite and glasshouse whitefly
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to honey fungus (rarely)